Boxer Leïla Beaudoin is off to glory, but she doesn’t want to skip any steps. For the moment, the Quebecer has remained undefeated, collecting a ninth victory in as many fights since the beginning of her professional career, Thursday evening, at the Casino de Montreal.
“From one fight to another, I add things to my toolbox, commented the Quebecer, after her victory against the Mexican Laura Avendano Mondragon. I don’t want to skip any steps. To go into a world title fight tomorrow would be doing me a disservice. If a proposal arrives in 2024, we will see the possibilities.”
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Winner by unanimous decision of the judges, thanks to three cards of 60-54, the athlete from Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac relishes this result twice as her Mexican opponent came in 6.6 pounds overweight. weigh-in Wednesday. Seeing her purse cut by 20%, the boxer from Mexico had to respect a new limit set at 140 pounds for the day of the fight at super featherweight. It was also a first defeat for Mondragon (6-1, 2 K.-O.).
“I didn’t find it difficult, I made the right adjustments throughout the fight, noted Beaudoin, who now risks delivering a first eight-round duel in his next appearance in the ring, possibly this summer. I managed to impose myself and push her back. Sometimes I used to give way to the other, to move forward and backward, but here I was able to work inside.